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Steve Vaughan My wife was laid-off today. 3 lessons.
10 February 2020 | 24 replies

After 14 years, my wife just got laid-off indefinitely along with probably 50% of her colleagues. Shes in the aerospace Industry and Boeing was their largest customer by far. 
I'm not predicting gloom and doom for a...

Jake Boyer First time flip! Big returns and lessons learned
15 January 2021 | 0 replies

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $309,000

Cash invested: $72,000

Sale price: $570,000

This was more of a roll over than a "flip" as it was my pr...

Jim M. Lesson on having your ducks in a row
12 January 2013 | 4 replies

So yesterday my agent received a phone call from a seller about selling his family home. It's in a very nice neighborhood here in Charlotte where houses sell at about $200 a square foot give or take. I have a rehab ...

Hanbin Y. Newbie lesson learned: now how to fix it?
23 May 2016 | 3 replies

Hello BPers, I recently closed my first 5-unit apartment in Cleveland. I did not realize until today (when I called the power company) that the previous owner has owed a few hundred dollars of electric bill before clo...

John Chapman Lessons learned from wholesale deal turned into lawsuit
9 September 2023 | 43 replies

This is a kind embarrassing/bizarre story, but I figured I'd share it since everyone and there brother is getting into wholesaling.  Basically, I was approached about buying a buy-and-hold home from a wholesaler in a ...

John Casmon 3 More Lessons from Our Latest Multifamily Deal
9 August 2021 | 18 replies

Last week we closed on an 81-unit multifamily community and I shared 3 key lessons learned over on the BP member blogs. You can check out those lessons there. Now, that we've been owning this for a week, I thought it ...

Marcus Auerbach First Spec Home / New Constructions - Pictures & Lessons
28 December 2018 | 28 replies

We are just about to complete our first spec home - a $650k single family ranch style home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. I always wanted to build new and despite my almost ten years of remodeling experience there wer...

Danny Randazzo 5 Lessons from Legendary Syndication Investor Jeremy Roll
9 February 2018 | 2 replies

Legendary syndication investor Jeremy Roll and I caught up for a one on one conversation to discuss experience and 2018 real estate goals. It was an amazing opportunity to hear about Jeremy’s focus and what he’s think...

Michael Buffington Teen Titan Go Lessons on Equity and Landlording
6 October 2016 | 2 replies

My son was watching the Cartoon Network this morning when I heard the Teen Titans talking about rental properties. I could not find the full episode, but here are the lessons from Teen Titans Go! Made me chuckle this ...

James Paine Rich Dad Poor Dad Book Review - 3 Lessons
5 January 2016 | 8 replies

Some people love this book, some people hate it. I get it and I am ok with a debate on this post. I have thick skin. Personally I feel like I have to disclose that I read 40 or so books a year and often read books ...